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Letters Patent No. 93,193, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN. BRAID-G-U'IDE FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and, making part of thesame..

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. GILLnM, of Newton, Sussex county, NewJersey, have invented a new and improved Sewing-Machine Attachment; and,I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

- This invention relates to 'an adjustable gauge for facilitating thesewing of braid and trimmings on to garments, cloth, or other material,as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 represents a vertical section ofthe gauge, showing the same as when in use, the presser-bar, and theneedle and needle-bar, being shown in red color, the section beingthrough the line as x of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top view, looking from the line 1 y of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a-modification of the manner of securing and fastening thegauge.

Figures 4 and 5 represent specimens, showing the description of work towhich the sewing-machine is adapted by my' improved gauge. 1 Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the resser-foot, which, as seen in the drawing, is attached to thebar by a screw, 15, and with which my adjustable gauge is connected.

The gauge consists of two rectangular slotted plates, 0 and D, whichslide together longitudinally, and are also adjustable transversely or\vidthwise.

The longitudinal adjustment gauges the width, and the transverseadjustment gauges the thickness of the braid or trimming.

These two plates are placed one upon the other, as seen in fig. 2, andare fastened in a groove, 0, on the top of the foot A, by the screw f.

The screw f passes through the projecting ear g,

' which is fastened to the resser-foot, in any suitable manner.

The broad bar h, of the lower plate 0, fits into the groove e in thepresser-foot, and-the bar o', of the plate 1), fills the spacebetween hand the ear 9, as seen in fig. 1.

In fig. 3 this arlangementjis somewhat modified, as J is a plate, whichis locked to the ear 0, as seen, and may rest on the bar i, and receivethe end of the screw f. This will give a large bearing-surface on thebar i, and prevent any displacement in the gaugeplates.

The form of the two gauge-plates in cross-section, is seen iufig. 1, 0being represented in blue and D in yellow color.

The former has two longitudinal slots.

K represents the braid or trimming, which is passing through the gauge.

For guiding the braid straight through under the needle, thegauge-plates are slipped longitudinally together, so that the innersurfaces of the ends of those plates will guide the braid, and keep itin a central position under the needle.

The gauge-plates may as readily be adjusted to attach the braid ortrimming by stitches at one side of the centre, as seen in figs. 4 and5.

For regulating the device for varying thicknesses of braid or trimming,the gauge-plates are slipped together widthwise, by which movement thespace be tween the outer bar it of the plate D, (seen in yellow, in fig.1,) and the middle bar of the plate 0 (seen in blue, in fig. 1,) isincreased or'diminislied in width.

The braid, in being sewed on, is passed over the outer bar 1) of thelower plate, over the bar '11, and under the bar 0, when it passes underthe presser-foot, as seen in the drawing, and is drawnunder the needleby the feed, with the cloth to which it is sewed.

In sewing on the serpentine or zigzag braid, provision is made, byledges attached to the bars a o of the plates, or otherwise, forproperly guiding the braid, so as to insure a straight line for thestitches, as seen in figs. 4 and 5. i 4

Instead of connecting the gauge-plates immediately with thePresser-foot, as represented, they may be connected with an armextending from the presser-bar or stationary arm, or. any otherarrangement may be made for supporting and' holding them, so that theproper adjustments may be made, and so that they may be placed in frontof and used in connection with the ordinary presser-foot.

I do not broadly claim a guide for braid or trimming, for sewing it onby a machine, as I am aware that they have been used before; but I amnot aware that an adjustable guide or gauge, similar to mine, has beforebeen used for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-- Thesewing-machine gauge, constructed, as do? scribed, of the slotted plates0 D, provided, respectively, with the bars 0 and p, and n, andadaptedibr adjustment longitudinally and transversely, as herein setforth, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 13th day ofMarch, 1869.

. JOHN W. GILLAM.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, E. Gnnnnn (Yonmns.

